Jonathan Denies Tinubu’s Cliam Of Interim Government VP Offer

President Goodluck Jonathan has denied claims by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that he offered the former Lagos State governor the opportunity to serve as Vice President in a proposed Interim National Government.

Addressing reporters in Abuja on Friday, the president’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati described Tinubu’s claim as ‘absurd and ridiculous’.

Dr. Abati insisted that the position of President Jonathan had remained that the idea of an Interim National Government is treasonable.

He said the President had made it clear that he had neither proposed the idea at any forum nor discussed it with anybody.

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Thursday that the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government.

In a statement by his media office, Tinubu said having refused the offer, Jonathan was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped-up charges.

The former governor of Lagos State said the Peoples Democratic Party had never been this rattled in its 16 years in power.

He said Jonathan blamed him for the successful merger of the APC and the momentum, the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) was gaining."